Carcass tongue protector



g- 8, 1939- A. s. HARTANOV 2,168,708

CARCASS TONGUE PROTECT Filed March 51, 1937 ATTORNEY teeth and from the dehairing beaters during de- The device of the present invention permits the 5 Patented Aug. 8, 1939' r UNITED S ATES ATENT OFFICE 2,168,708 CARCASS TONGUE PROTECTOR Andrew S. Hartanov, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Industrial Patents Corporation, Chicago, 111., a

corporation of Delaware Application March 31, 1937, Serial No. 134,169 4 Claims. (Cl. 17-1) This invention relates to means for protecting Tongue protectors of such design have been unthe tongue of a carcass during processing. successful in practice due to the tendency of the One of the objects of the invention is to prolower jaw to fracture when struck by the dehairvide means for protecting a hog tongue from the ing heaters.

hairing of the carcass. jaws to be separated and yet provides what is Other objects of the invention will be appartantamount to the natural cushioning effect of ent from the description and claims which follow. unseparated jaws due to the resiliency of the Figure 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of separator.

the present invention. In the modification of the device shown in Fig- 10 Figure 2 is a side view of the device shown in ure 3, the separator 10 is a resilient plate shaped Figure 1. to fit the mouth. The preferred material from Figure 3 is a perspective view of another emwhich separator H] is prepared is rubber tough bodiment of the present invention. enough so as not to be damaged by the teeth and The tongue protector of the present invention yet possessing sufficient flexibility to take the 15 may employ any desired type of means for holdshocks to which it is subjected during the dehairing the device in the carcass head. The holding ing of the hog.

means shown in the drawing is preferably pre- I claim: pared of spring wire provided with a closed 100p 1. A tongue protector comprising holding I at one end for insertion in the hogs throat. means andaresilient ball. 20

Closed loop I comprises sides 2 and 3, apex-4, and A tongue protector adapted to contract w en shoulders 5 and 6 merging respectively into resilipr s ure s app d th r t t y. an in ts entside arms I and 8. Side arms 1 and 8 are normal shape and which will readily assume its afiixed to resilient ball 9. Ball 9 is preferably n m h p p n release f pr s r ther n made of rubber. and means for holding the protector in functional 25 In employing this embodiment of the present relation with the tongue of a carcass. invention, the device is inserted in the animals 3. In a tongue protector, aresilient ball adapted mouth, whereby the ball holds the mouth slightly I to contract when pressure is applied thereto open, so that should a portion of the tongue enter thereby chang g its rmal shap and which the section of the mouth between the teeth it is will readilyassume its normal shape upon release 30 not damaged. of pressure thereon and means for holding the The rubber ball is inserted into the animals protector in functional relation with the tongue mouth on top of the tongue and set in between of a carcass. the teeth, resting against the roof of the mouth. 4. In a tongue protector, a resilient plate This keeps the jaws separated a predetermined adapted to contract when pressure is applied as distance, depending upon the size of the septhereto thereby changing its normal shape and arator. which will readily assume its normal shape upon Hog tongue protectors have been proposed release of pressure thereon and means for holdfrom time to time which involve maintaining the ing the protector in functional relation with the jaws separtead to prevent contact of the moving tongue of a carcass. 40 lower jaw with the tongue during dehairing. ANDREW S. HARTANOV. 1 

